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Seventh International Symposium on Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Malignancies

Jumeirah Essex House
New York, NY
March 26-27, 2010

Friday, Mar 26, 2010

7:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 am Welcome, Introductions, and Presession Survey
J. Tate Thigpen
Friday Debates: Part 1
Moderator: Marcus Randall
  Debate 1: Combined modality therapy that includes radiation is the treatment of choice for locally advanced (stage III-IVA) endometrial carcinoma.
8:15 am PRO
Marcus Randall
8:30 am CON
Daniela Matei
8:45 am Clinical Relevance
Marcus Randall
8:50 am Panel Discussion
Daniela Matei
Marcus Randall
  Debate 2: Concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy plus radiation therapy is the treatment of choice for stage IIB-IVA carcinoma of the cervix.
9:05 am PRO
Krishnansu S. Tewari
9:20 am CON
Gillian Thomas
9:35 am Clinical Relevance
Marcus Randall
9:40 am Panel Discussion
Krishnansu S. Tewari
Gillian Thomas
9:55 am Break
Antiangiogenic Agents in Gynecologic Malignancies
Moderator: Michael J. Birrer
10:10 am Why Target Angiogenesis?
Robert A. Burger
10:35 am Which Agents?
Robert L. Coleman
11:00 am What Schedule?
Agustin Garcia
11:30 am Panel Discussion
Robert A. Burger
Robert L. Coleman
Agustin Garcia
Working Lunch: Uterine Cancer Case Presentations and Discussion
Moderator: Marcus Randall
11:50 am Break to Get Lunch
12:20 pm Clinical Scenario Presentations and Panel Discussion
Robert A. Burger
Robert L. Coleman
Agustin Garcia
Gillian Thomas
1:20 pm Break
Friday Debates: Part 2
Moderator: Marcus Randall
  Debate 3: All patients with serous and clear cell carcinomas of the endometrium should receive chemotherapy as part of their treatment.
1:35 pm PRO
David Scott Miller
1:50 pm CON
Eric L. Eisenhauer
2:05 pm Clinical Relevance
Marcus Randall
2:10 pm Panel Discussion
Eric L. Eisenhauer
David Scott Miller
  Debate 4 (in 3 parts): The chemotherapy of choice for the treatment of uterine carcinosarcoma is:
2:25 pm Paclitaxel Plus a Platinum Compound
Matthew Powell
2:35 pm Ifosfamide Plus a Taxane
J. Tate Thigpen
2:45 pm An Antimetabolite Plus a Taxane
D. Scott McMeekin
2:55 pm Clinical Relevance
Marcus Randall
3:00 pm Postsession Survey and Panel Discussion
Matthew Powell
J. Tate Thigpen
3:15 pm Adjourn

Educational Grants

An educational grant for this activity was provided by:


  1. Genentech BioOncology
  2. Lilly USA, LLC
  3. Eisai, Inc.
  4. ImClone Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company
  5. sanofi-aventis U.S.